Abilenians will elect a City Council member in today's runoff election

Abilene voters have 12 hours today to elect one of two City Council candidates to the Place 6 seat.

Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the runoff election in which incumbent Kellie Miller is challenged by Steve Savage for the three-year term. Both candidates failed to receive a majority vote in the May 11 city/school election, prompting the runoff.

A third opponent, Lupe Chavez, was knocked out of the race when he gained the least votes — 14 percent — among the three.

So far, 2,197 in-person early votes have been tallied by Taylor County Election officials for the runoff. There were 2,128 in-person early ballots cast for the May election.

POLLING PLACES

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in the Abilene City Council Place 6 runoff election.